Tuesday deadline to mail back early ballot in Pima County

Pima County election officials are urging voters to drop their early ballots into the mail Tuesday to ensure they arrive in time to be counted before next week’s election.

Ballots must be in the custody of the Pima County Recorder’s Office by 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 or they will be disqualified.

After Tuesday, Oct. 29, voters are encouraged to drop off completed ballots at an early voting location or at one of Pima County’s voting centers on Election Day.

Voters who have not received an early ballot in the mail or who have misplaced it can cast a vote at these locations throughout the community:

• Pima County Recorder’s Office at 240 N. Stone Ave.
• Pima County Recorder’s Office at 6550 S. Country Club Rd.
• Fellowship Bible Church, 6700 E. Broadway
• Santa Cruz Room on the third floor of the UA Student Union
• Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Dr.
• La Villita Community Center, 71 W. Sahuarita Rd.
• Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. 1st Ave.
• Eckstrom-Columbus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St.
• Dusenberry-River Library, 5605 E. River Rd., suite 105
• W. Anne Gibson-Esmond Station Library, 10931 E. May Ann Cleveland Way
• Kirk Bear Canyon Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
• Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Building, 3500 W. River Rd.
• Miller Golf Links Library, 9640 E. Golf Links Rd.
• Valencia Library, 202 W. Valencia Rd.
• Pascua Yaqui Wellness Center, 5305 W. Calle Torim
• Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.
• TOKA Community Building, 51 Baboquivari Dr. in Sells
• Salazar-Ajo Library, 15 W. Plaza, suite 179, in Ajo

Voters can cast a ballot between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at those locations except for the Salazar-Ajo Library, which is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

All locations will be open until 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1.

All of the above sites will be open for emergency voting from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, and Monday, Nov. 4. 

Voters can cast ballots on those days as late as 5 p.m. at the Downtown and Country Club Road branches of the Pima County Recorder’s Office.

Voters can also drop off early ballots they have received through the mail at the Recorder’s East Side office, 6920 E. Broadway., between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. That location is closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m.

Find more details on the early voting sites here.

Voters should be prepared for a long ballot that will include the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, the contest for a U.S. Senate seat between Rep. Ruben Gallego and former Phoenix newscaster Kari Lake and campaigns for U.S. Congress, the Arizona Legislature, the Pima County Board of Supervisors and many others.

Voters will decide 13 statewide propositions and local measures in suburban communities and school districts.

There are so many choices that election officials had to spread them over four pages on a two-card ballot, with contests for election officials on the front page of the first card and the propositions on the back page of the first card and both the front and back pages of the second card.

Pima County Elections Director Constance Hargrove has urged voters to return both cards because if they only return one card, that is all that will be counted.

County election officials plan to open 126 vote centers across Pima County on Nov. 5. They anticipate high turnout and plan to expand the number of voting booths and related supplies.

Voters who cast ballots at vote centers on Election Day should bring photo ID or two pieces of non-photo ID that establishes their address, such as utility statements, valid Arizona vehicle registration, voter registration card  or a bank statement. Find a complete list at the Arizona Secretary of State website.

Visit Pima.Vote for more details about voting in Pima County.